r/pcmasterrace • u/TheocraticAtheist • 8h ago

News/Article BioWare is closing down.

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u/ItsYaBoyBackAgain 8h ago edited 8h ago

RIP to one of the most legendary studios of all time. It's a shame how they became a shell of their former selves the last decade or so. Fuck EA.

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u/Gesha 8h ago

The legends, as in the people that made it legendary, have long since been gone. This is just formalizing what was already the case.

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u/Paratrooper101x 8h ago

I wonder what will happen to the IPs. The saudis clearly just care about milking fifa for every last cent they can

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u/Gesha 8h ago

If we’re lucky they’ll sell them off in time. Big if :(

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u/cah11 8h ago

Speaking as a Command and Conquer fan, it won't happen. They'll just sit on the IP's collecting dust until they eventually enter the public domain so they can occasionally put out a shitty mobile game and collect some revenue from the property this way.

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u/Tiavor never used DDR3; PC: 5800X3D, 9070XT, 32GB DDR4, CachyOS 7h ago

they could make them public domain now if they wanted to.

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u/Wiiplay123 http://steamcommunity.com/id/Wiiplay123/ 5h ago

But what about a low budget Command and Conquer horror movie?

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u/cah11 4h ago

Listen, if they can get Joe Kucan back out of retirement to play Kane, I don't care how cheesy and low budget it is. I'll watch it and like it!

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u/grampybone 7h ago

>put out a shitty mobile game and collect some revenue from the property this way.

Like they did with Dungeon Keeper in 2014. I’m still angry about that one.

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u/SgtDoakes123 8h ago

I would do UNSPEAKABLE things for a Larian made Dragonage. You hear that Swen? Sick twisted things.

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u/Tyr1326 8h ago

Id also be very interested in Larians take on Mass Effect. Just kind of interesting how theyd handle scifi. Or shooting mechanics.

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u/SgtDoakes123 8h ago

Many IPs I think Larian would absolutely nail. Dragonage, ME, NWN... They're the new bioware

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u/Latter_Panic_1712 5h ago

I'd prefer for Mass Effect to be bought by CD Projekt Red. I think they'd make it a blast better than Larian.

Let Larian take the Dragon Age IP.

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u/Barobor 7h ago

I don't think Larian wants that. They seem much happier developing their own IP.

Swen said the team wasn't excited to continue anything D&D related. That's why they aren't making a BG4. I doubt they would pay money to run into similar issues with Dragon Age.

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u/SgtDoakes123 7h ago

I know, but one can dream.

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u/Towaum 6h ago

Shhhhh, I can only get so hard..

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u/Wan_Daye 6h ago

Just have them redo 3 and 4 and we can pretend the previous ones didn't exist

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u/Emergency-Draw3923 8h ago

I think anyone being even a little realistic knows what will happen....

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u/FeedbackInhibit 4h ago

I know EA has been going down a shitty path for a while now, and BioWare basically offed themselves, but make no mistake: the new Saudi owners will cater only to the gun-and-ball mouthbreathers going forward.

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u/Mean_Ass_Dumbledore SteamOS / i9-12900K / EVGA 3090 K|ngp|n / 32 GB RAM 8h ago

Someone revive Anthem, please 🥺

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u/SnowUnitedMioMio 8h ago

. The saudis clearly just care about milking fifa for every last cent they can

The Saudis had EA since a decade or more? Damn, didn't know.

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u/Cruel2BEkind12 Threadripper 1950X/gtx 1080ti/32gb RAM 8h ago

They gave Saber kotor so who knows who might get the others.

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u/Paratrooper101x 7h ago

EA doesn’t own Star Wars…

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u/Cruel2BEkind12 Threadripper 1950X/gtx 1080ti/32gb RAM 7h ago

Just because you get the rights to the star wars brand. Doesn't mean you can just remake whatever you want. You still need permission from whoever owns the copyright.

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u/Paratrooper101x 7h ago

That’s my literal point dude. Ea owns BioWare IPs. They’re not just going to “give them to saber”

Disney owns Star Wars. They can give it to whomever they like.